Carriage anchorage for traverse cords in drapery fixtures



J. N. GRABER 2,644,517

CARRIAGE ANCHORAGE FOR TRAVERSE coans IN DRAPERY FIXTURES July 7, 1953 Filed March 8, 1951 Jnuentof JOHN M 62.4652

' (Ittoinegs Patented July 7, 1953 'C OBLDS 'IN DRAPERY -FIXTURES Gjraber, Madison, Wis., ass ignor .to The Graber Company. Middleton, Wis;,"fa partner}.

sh p '.App1ication lvIareh s, 1951,:Serial'N0. 314.587

. This'invention relates to a carriage anchorage fora traverse cord in adraperyifixture. 1

The invention facilitates the-readily. ad'ustable connection of the traverse cord to the, carriage which moves the drapery between its open and closed positions, the connection being made without cutting the cord by simply looping it through and-about appropriate guides formed from the metal of the carriage;itselfand-about which an intermediate uncut portion or" the cord is snubbed .or wedged for secure connection to the carriage.

, It is a further object of theinvention to'prov'ide a construction in which the cord may be securely and non-removably positioned in carriage apertures to preclude any separation of the carriage from the cord, while still permitting adjustment between the cord and carriage, this being done by anchoring portions of the uncut cord behind tongues of the carriage which are initially bent out'of the plane of the sheet metal from which they are cut, and are restored to the plane of the carriage after a bight of the cord has been passed through the opening thus provided in the carriage.

In the drawings: v

Fig. 1 is a view in rear elevation showing a fragment of a drapery traverse rod upon which is mounted a carriage and cord assembly embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the front of the carriage showing the opening through which the bight of the cord is receivable.

Fig. 3 is a view taken in section on the line 3,3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view of the assembly modified by the optional return of the cord-positioning tongues back to the plane of the carriage ele- 'ment from which they have been struck.

The traverse rod 5 is preferably of conventional channel construction having at its rear face flanges 6 and l which are marginally spaced to provide a guideway for the carriage and an open slot at 8 through which the traverse cord l!) within the rod is connected with the carriage. The cord Iii operates over the usual pulley 9.

The carriage [5 comprises a plate It to which is connected a depending, horizontally extended arm I! having apertures l8 for drapery hook connection.

The plate portion [6 rides against the flanges 6 and 1 of rod 5 to span the slot 8 therein. It is usually provided with grooved wheels I9 and with which the margins of flanges 6 and I are engaged for the support of that portion of the drapery (not shown) which hangs from the arm tionslof the ing: 2| into andacrpsswhich project thespaced apertures 2 i ,.and ;25.

2 .vFe t e u q e .n t es nv t o plate it are die cut toiorm theopentongues ;.-22 a nd 2 3, these being integral with the ,plate It and desirably formed outwardly from the plane off the plate as shown both in Fig. 2 and iff 1e en r pen n 2 I is pr ox at l q e shaped, exceptas subdivided-by the tongues, which ro m near the .ends ,0

.apertures gfit-fifi, the marginsof which are generally circular.

and disposedlbeneath. the g W is a tongue 25, also integral with the plate, andextending outwardlyr and downwardly from its connection with the plate.

A bight 27 of cord H! can readily be passed through the opening 2| and hooked beneath tongue 26, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, 'the cord being manipulated to opposite sides of the tongue Centered between,

v22 and 23 so that portions of the cord pass through the apertures 24 and 25 between the tongues 22 and 23 and the ends of aperture'2l. Even without any wedging action, the bight of the cord will be snubbed in passing downwardly about the margins of aperture portions 24 and 25 and about the tongue 26. However, due to the fact that the arm [1 is offset forwardly from plate It of carriage 15, as best shown in Fig. 3, there will be, behind the tongue 26 and slightly ofiset at each side thereof, curved surfaces 29 converging toward tongue 26 so that the bight 21 of the-cord engaged beneath tongue 26 will wedge securely. With or without this wedging action, the connection between the cord and the carriage will be If the connection betweenthe cord and the carriage is not effected with accuracy, the supported drapery portions may not move in perfect unison with the companion drapery at the other end of the rod. To correct any such inaccuracy is very simple, requiring only that the bight 21 be loosened and shifted beneath the hook to a new point of engagement.

To prevent any possibility of the accidental release of the bight of the cord from the carriage, I may push the tongues 22 and 23 back into the plane of the carriage, as shown in Fig. 4, this being entirely optional and usually entirely unnecessary.

I claim:

1. A drapery traverse carriage comprising an apertured plate having beneath the aperture a downwardly directed tongue and having up- I the openingthe wardly directed tongues subdividing the aperture into pockets to receive laterally spaced portions of a traverse cord to be hooked about the tongue first mentioned, said aperture being open between said pockets whereby to freely admit the bight of said cord through the opening for engagement with said tongue.

2. A drapery traverse carriage for connection with an unbroken traverse cord, said carriage comprising an apertured plate having tongues projecting from its margins in the aperture to subdivide the aperture into cord receiving pockets, said tongues being free of connection with said margins at one end thereof whereby to admit the bight of said unbroken cord past said ends, said plate further being provided in a position between and offset from said pockets with a hook about which the bight of the cord may be engaged, portions of said bight being fixed in said pockets.

3. The device of claim 2 in which the said tongues diverge from the plane of the plate to facilitate the manipulation and the cord bight through said aperture into said pockets.

4. The device of claim 2 in which the said tongues are resiliently mounted and sufiiciently span said pockets to be swung on their resilient mountings from a position free of connection with one of said margins to a position proximate said margin to restrict the bight of the cord to said pockets and preclude its withdrawal therefrom.

5. The device of claim 2 in which the said plate and hook have converging surfaces within which the said cord bight may be wedged.

6. A drapery traverse carriage for connection with an uncut drapery cord portion comprising a plate having means for support and guidance on a drapery rod and having a forwardly offset portion constituting means for drapery support, said plate being provided with an integral finger depending adjacent the offset of said portion whereby plate surfaces at each side of the finger converge toward the finger rearwardly of said plate, said plate having above said finger an aperture and integral tongues projecting across the aperture and subdividing it to provide cord pockets above and at opposite sides of said depending finger, the said tongues being integral with the plate at the lower margin of the aperture and inclined upwardly and rearwardly from said margin whereby said pockets constitute portions of the aperture continuously accessible from the front of the plate rearwardly of said inclined tongues, the said pockets being thereby adapted to receive an uncut bight of a drapery cord which bight has portions to be located in said pockets and an intervening portion to be fixed beneath said finger.

JOHN N. GRABER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,581,806 Kirsch Apr. 20, 1926 1,606,582 Kirsch Nov. 9, 1926 2,238,984 Richardson Apr. 22, 1941 

